Recommendation for comfortable, durable, good sound quality headset/headphone?

My favorite headphones to use both personally and professionally are the Sony MDR-7506. They are extremely comfortable, durable, have excellent bass response and sound awesome. We used them exclusively for any field recording we had to do, and they faced a ton of abuse without a problem.

I've seen them for sale both at the Sony Store and professional music supply stores, where I got mine. They are available at around $130. Their big brother the MDR-7509HD go for $200.

It would help to know your old headset, hard to give advise on what is better when we don't know what you became accustomed to. I have recently listened to Sennsenheiser, Shure and Bose. Bose are comfortable for long periods of time, maybe among the best. The $164.00 Bose sound quality would not be as sharp as a good set of earbuds. However, I was so impressed with Sennsenheiser I went to buy a pair. I listened in the store for a good 20-30 minutes with music from my ipod. The price was $100.00 however the price on the rack was $79.00. I opened up the package and listened to the same headphones and it was a noticeable difference. I was confused. It turns out that the Sennsenheiser headphones had one price for the display, which sounded great, but the one's on the rack did not sound as good and cost less. I had the store clerk look up the nomenclature because I could not believe my ears. The nomenclature, for example PL312 was exact, but the sound was not and the difference in price was $20.00. I passed on the Sennsenheiser because I did not trust that they were manufactured consistently. If I had not opened the package and listened at the store, I would have been disappointed when I went home. I would have easily purchased the headphones on display. The other thing I noticed was that they did not cancel out much noise, in a noisy department store and the volume could be turned all the way up, and not be loud, if that makes any sense. It was for this exact reason I initially opened the package to listen to the sound quality and volume.

The Shure brand has a vaunted reputation for studio use in the music industry. I recently picked up a pair of Shure Earbuds SE115E, they sound good. I have owned Bose headphones for 4-5 years and they fit the bill. They are competent for casual use at the $160.00 price point. If you choose to purchase any of the aforementioned brands at the $200-300 price point and listen for yourself, then you will make an excellent choice.

Best.

I understand that you are looking for the best headphones in market. As your preference is not to Noise canceling or a wireless one headset but only a basic one with good output with price ranging from $100-$300. I would suggest you purchasing a headphone from Maxfunusa.com

Look at the traditional quality brands: AKG, Koss, Sennheiser, Grado, Stax, Audio-Technica. Note that the higher-end products may be an electrostatic design, which usually needs to run off a speaker-level output rather than a headphone level.

If you want the best sounding head set under $1000.00 get the Grado SR 60i only $69.00 but will outshine anything out there period..if you want one with a mic check out the Sennhiser PC 350

Hearts beat by Lady gaga headphones are good ,and sound really matters,immerse yourself in pitch-perfect highs,precise mids,and club caliber bass.

No offense to the guy above, but go with either the Sennheiser HD650 or AKG 702. Both of those will provide you the performance you are looking for.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-AKG-K702-Reference-Headpho...

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Sennheiser-HD650-Headphone...

Cnet reviews

http://reviews.cnet.com/best-full-size-headphones/...

They are very critical of products so you know you are getting quality.